Acropora chesterfieldensis

Veron & Wallace, 1984

Bush Acropora

Range: Western Pacific Ocean: Norfolk Island, Micronesia, and Cook Islands.

Natural Environment: Inhabits upper reef slopes in lagoons and usually seen at depths between 3 to 65 feet (1 - 20 m).

General Husbandry: See Acropora abrolhosensis for suggested aquarium husbandry, except for swifter water movement - WM 3.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Scleractinia

Family: Acroporidae

Genus: Acropora

FYI: Has thick, stubby rounded corallites that grow in clumps of finger-like braches and are usually cream or yellow in the wild.

If cultured specimens have intense colors, ask under what conditions it was grown in, so you may continue to see it maintain its health/colors.

Maricultured specimens often have an overlaying green iridescence.